Writing Studies at California State University - Long Beach

If you are interested in studying writing studies, you may want to check out the program at California State University - Long Beach. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CSULB is located in Long Beach, California and approximately 40,069 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received their master's degree in writing.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Writing Studies section at the bottom of this page.

CSULB Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Writing

CSULB Writing Studies Rankings

Writing Student Demographics at CSULB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the writing majors at California State University - Long Beach.

CSULB Writing Studies Master’s Program

Of the 10 students who earned a master's degree in Writing Studies from CSULB in 2020-2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 31% men graduate in writing each year. CSULB does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 19% more men than average.

In the writing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 90% of degree recipients. That is 64% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - Long Beach with a master's in writing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• General English Literature

Careers That Writing Grads May Go Into

A degree in writing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for California State University - Long Beach.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110
Technical Writers	6,240	$91,310

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Summum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.